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H. R. MCNEILLY.

RUG EXTRACTOR. v APPLICATION FILED AusAsf'IQla.

l ,307,559. a PzIt-ent-ed June 24, 1919.

@y /f/ #i MW W/r/VEIS'SES HENRY RAYMOND MCNETLLY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO,CANADA.

' RUG-EXTRAOTOR.

y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 24, 1919.

' 'Application led August 15, 1918. Serial No. 250,055.

To ZZ whom 'it mag/- concern Y Be it known that I, HENRY RAYMOND Mo-NEILLY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of 242Huron St., city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario,Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and. usefullmprovements inRug-Extractors, of which the following-is av specification.

The invention relates to improvements in rug extractors Vas described inthe present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsthat form a part of -the same. f

VThe invention consists essentially of the novel means employed forrolling arug inwardly against .the under side thereof within a pile forextracting same and in thenovel means for lautomatically raising theparticular rug as it is being rolled to correspond to the increasingthickness of the roll.

The objects of the invention are to economize in time and labor inextracting rugs from within large piles, to facilitate salesmen andothers in showing rugs to prospective purchasers, to prevent damagingthe rug in any way while being handled and generally to provide a rugextractor which will be simple of operation, efficient and durable.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective,

view of the rug extractor.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the sliding support for the roller.

Fig. 3 is a detailof the main driving gear and the small bevel gearsecured thereto.

Fig. l is a detail of one of the gear wheels supporting the ends of therug roller.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of one end of' the roller.

Fig.'6 is a sectionalview through a pile of rugs showing a rug partlywoundaround the roller. f

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the variousfigures.

Referring to the drawings 1 are end standards mounted on platforms 2having rollers 3 mounted on the under sides thereof respectively, saidstandards being provided with elongated slots 4 and being for thepurpose of supporting the rug roller and the various operating parts. e

The standards are preferably supported by bra-ces 5 to prevent lateraldistortion.

Each of the standards 1 is provided with a substantially rectangularblock 6 slidably arranged within the slot Il and having flanges 7engagin g the sides of said blocks.

Eachfof the blocks 6- is held at any desired position within its slot bymeans of a threadedppin 8 threading through a downwardly extendingopening in the top 9 of the standard-1 and having a bevel gear 10horizontally arranged on the lower end thereof, said bevel gearprojecting through a slot 11 in the sides of said blocks and causingsaid block to slide upwardly or downwardly in said slot accordingly asthe said pin is rotated.

12V are shafts rotatably mounted in bearings through the blocks 6 belowthe slots 11, saidshafts being provided on their outer ends with gearwheels 13 and having substantially squared openings 14 in their innerendsadapted to accommodate the correspondingly shaped ends 15 of a rugroller 16 adapted to connect' the standards 1.

The rug roller 16 is preferably of hollow formation and is llooselymounted at each end so that one or both of the standards may be drawnvaway when required to permit of the removal of the rug and roller.

The rug is secured to the roller 16 by ineansof a rod 17 extendingparallel therewith and connected to said roller through links 18 securedin slots 19 in said rod and extending through elongated slots 20 in saidroller and pivotally secured therein by pins 21, so that accordingly asthe rod is drawn toward one or other of the ends of the roller the saidrod will engage the carpet and hold it firmly to the roller.

.The roller 16 and the pins 8 and bevel gears 10 are rotatedsimultaneously by means of a pair of comparatively large gear wheels 22mounted one on the outer side of each of the blocks 6 in suitablebearings therefrom and meshing with the small gear wheels 13, each ofsaid goal1 wheels 22 having on the inner side thereof a bevel gea-r 23meshing with the bevel gear l0, so that on each revolution of the gearwheels 22 the roller 16 will be rotated through the co-action of saidwheels and the wheels 13 and at the same time the coaction of the bevelgears 23 and 10 will rotate the pins 8 thus raising or lowering theblocks 6 according to the direction in which the wheel 22 is rotated.

24 is a handle mounted on the shaft of the gear wheel for operating saidwheel.

25 is a very small roller mounted on a shaft 26 having its ends squaredand loosely mounted in vertical slots 27 in the standards 1 above theslots l1, said roller being adapted to provide a very slight separationbetween the rug as it is being rolled and the rug thereabove and beingadapted toslide upwardly in said slots 27 as the roll increases inthickness.

In practice it may notbe necessary to use the roller 25 in which case itmay be re moved from the slots 27.

In the operation of the invention the device is placed against the endof the pile of rugs with one of the standards at each side thereof andthe rug roller is then brought to a position slightly higher than therug to beextracted and the said rug secured thereto by means of the rod17. One or both of the handles 24: are then operated causing the rugroller to rotate forwardly and to roll the carpet inwardly on the underside thereof, the pitch of the threads on the pins 8 and the variousgears being so gaged that as the thickness of the roll increases theblocks 6 will automatically rise a corresponding distance thus alwayskeeping the roll free from the rugs therebelow and permitting of the rugrolling freely through the pile and drawing the device along on therollers 3 and when the rug is completely wound around the roller thedevice will be at the opposite end of the pile. The rug may then bespread out on the top of the pile or the device may be wheeled to anydesired place, such as before a window, and the rug deposited by simplygrasping the free end and pulling until the rug is unwound.

By the use of this invention the rug cannot possibly be damaged as it issimply rolled inwardly from the smooth surface of the rugs thereaboveand does not come in contact with the ones below as it as well as thoseabove are automatically raised as the roll increases in thickness. Thedevice will also be found most simple to operate as not only is noopposition offered by the remaining rugs but as the rug is rolled theones thereabove drop down behind the roll and tend to facilitate therolling.

lVhat I claim is l. In a rug extractor, the combination with a pair ofmovable standards slotted substantially throughout their length, ofV aroller detachably mounted in blocks slidably arranged inthe slots insaid standards, pins threading downwardly through the tops of saidstandards and carrying at their lower ends bevel gears, said gears beinghorizontally arranged and projecting through slots in said blocks, gearmechanisms operating said roller and operatively connected with saidbevel gears for rotating said roller and said pins simultaneously.

2. In a rug extractor, the combination with a pair of movable standards,slottedA substantially throughout their length, of a roller detachablymounted in blocks slidably arranged in the slots in said standards,bolts threading downwardly through the tops of said standards andcarrying horizontal bevel gears, said gears project-ing through slots inthe sides of said blocks, gear wheels mounted on shafts projectinginwardly throughsaid blocks and fitting over squared ends on saidroller, gear wheels mounted above the aforesaid gear wheels and meshingtherewith and carrying on their inner sides substantially vertical bevelgears meshing with the aforesaid bevel gears and handles for operatingthe last mentioned gear wheels to rotate said roller and said boltssimultaneously.

3. In a rug extractor, in combination, a pair of movable standardsslotted substantially throughout their length, blocks slidably arrangedin said slots, a rug roller detachably mounted at each end on shaftsloosely mounted through said blocks, means for securing a rug to saidroller, gear wheels rigidly mounted on said shafts on the outer sides ofsaid blocks, bolts threading downwardly through the tops of saidstandards and carrying at their lower ends bevel gears, said gears beinghorizontally arranged and projecting through transverse slots in saidblocks and gear mechanisms coacting with said gear wheels and said bevelgears to roll said rug inwardly against its Linder side and to raisesaid `blocks simultaneously to correspond to the increasing thickness ofthe roll.

Signed at Toronto, Ont., this 18th day of July, 191s.

HENRY RAYMOND MGNEILLY.

Witnesses:

W. G. HAMMOND, PHILIP HARTLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. C.

